After updating the plugin "Pipeline: Groovy" (ID:workflow-cps) from version 2.32 to 2.33 the jobs using declarative pipeline fail.

A pipeline job configured with the following script (not from SCM):

pipeline{
  agent any
  stages{
    stage('Step A'){
      steps{ 
        echo 'This is step A'
      }
    }
  }
}

fails and gives the following error:

java.lang.StackOverflowError

Complete output attached in this file: jenkinsOutput.txt